Method, apparatus for detecting uplink power and base station device

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a base station device for detecting uplink power. The method includes: detecting a modulation and coding scheme and an initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent by a user equipment; determining, according to a relationship between an index of the detected modulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment and a first threshold, and a relationship between the detected initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the user equipment is restricted.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2012/071508, filed on Feb. 23, 2012, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201110044821.1, filed on Feb. 23, 2011,both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communicationtechnologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a basestation device for detecting uplink power.

BACKGROUND

When network coverage is restricted, a base station triggers a cellhandover. An existing cell handover is triggered based on the downlinksignal quality, that is, when the downlink signal quality is lower thana threshold, a user equipment (User Equipment, hereinafter brieflyreferred to as UE) is triggered to perform a cell handover. In a networkplan, however, a phenomenon of imbalance between uplink power anddownlink power exists. As a result, a situation where uplink coverage isrestricted earlier than downlink coverage may occur. That is to say,when the downlink coverage is not restricted, the uplink coverage isalready restricted. Particularly, in a scenario where interferenceexists in the uplink, the uplink transmit power of a UE is more probablyrestricted earlier than the downlink, thereby causing the uplinkcoverage to be restricted earlier than the downlink coverage. If theuplink transmit power of the UE is restricted, call drop is likely tooccur.

A cell handover manner in the prior art has the following problems: ahandover is triggered based on the downlink signal quality, and anuplink signal restriction situation cannot be accurately characterized.When uplink coverage is restricted earlier than downlink coverage,because the downlink signal quality does not reach a threshold thattriggers a handover, a handover is not triggered, thereby causing a UEto be prone to call drop. Therefore, a method for detecting whetheruplink power is restricted needs to be provided, so that a handover canbe triggered when it is detected that uplink power is restricted.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, anda base station device for detecting uplink power, so as to detectwhether uplink power is restricted.

The embodiments of the present invention may be specifically implementedby the following technical solutions:

In one aspect, a method for detecting uplink power is provided. Themethod includes:

detecting a modulation and coding scheme and an initial block error rateof an uplink data packet sent by a user equipment; and

determining, according to a relationship between an index of thedetected modulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent bythe user equipment and a first threshold, and a relationship between thedetected initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by theuser equipment and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the userequipment is restricted.

An apparatus for detecting uplink power is further provided. Theapparatus includes:

a detecting unit, configured to detect a modulation and coding schemeand an initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent by a userequipment; and

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to a relationshipbetween an index of the detected modulation and coding scheme of theuplink data packet sent by the user equipment and a first threshold, anda relationship between the detected initial block error rate of theuplink data packet sent by the user equipment and a second threshold,whether uplink power of the user equipment is restricted.

In another aspect, a base station device is further provided, includingany one of the apparatuses for detecting uplink power that are providedby the embodiments of the present invention.

According to the method, apparatus, and base station device fordetecting uplink power that are provided by the embodiments of thepresent invention, the base station device detects a modulation andcoding scheme and an initial block error rate of an uplink data packetsent by a UE, and can determine, according to a relationship between anindex of the detected modulation and coding scheme and a firstthreshold, and a relationship between the detected initial block errorrate and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the user equipmentis restricted, thereby accurately characterizing an uplink signalrestriction situation of the UE.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for detecting uplink power accordingto an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for detecting uplink power accordingto another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for detecting uplink poweraccording to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for detecting uplink poweraccording to another embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of thepresent invention more clear and comprehensible, the following furtherdescribes in detail the technical solutions of the present inventionwith reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for detecting uplink power accordingto an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, themethod includes:

Step 101: Detect a modulation and coding scheme and an initial blockerror rate of an uplink data packet sent by a user equipment.

For an uplink data packet sent by a UE, a base station device may detecta modulation and coding scheme (Modulation and Coding Scheme,hereinafter briefly referred to as MCS) of the received uplink datapacket and an initial block error rate (Initial Block Error Rate,hereinafter briefly referred to as IBLER) of the uplink data packet. Itshould be noted that, in a GSM system, the base station device may be abase transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS); in a WCDMA(Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, wideband code division multipleaccess) system and a TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code DivisionMultiple Access, time division-synchronous code division multipleaccess) system, the base station device may be a NodeB; and in an LTEsystem, the base station device may be an evolved base station (eNodeB).

There is a plurality of ways to detect the modulation and coding schemeand initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by the userequipment. For example, reference may be made to the prior art.

Step 102: Determine, according to a relationship between an index of thedetected modulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent bythe user equipment and a first threshold, and a relationship between thedetected initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by theuser equipment and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the userequipment is restricted.

The base station device may determine, according to the detected MCS andIBLER of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment, whether theuplink power of the user equipment is restricted. For example, when thebase station device detects that there are a predetermined number ofuplink data packets sent by the user equipment whose MCS index aresmaller than or equal to a preset threshold A (that is, the firstthreshold), the base station device determines whether the IBLER islarger than another preset threshold B (that is, the second threshold).If the IBLER is larger than the threshold B, the base station device maydetermine that the uplink power of the user equipment is restricted.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a base station device candetect an MCS and an IBLER of an uplink data packet sent by a UE, andcan determine, according to the detected MCS and IBLER, whether uplinkpower of the UE is restricted, thereby characterizing an uplink signalrestriction situation of the UE more accurately.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for detecting uplink power accordingto another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, themethod includes:

Step 201: A base station device detects an MCS of an uplink data packetsent by a UE.

In this step, the base station device performs MCS detection on the UE.The MCS detection process may be as follows: The base station deviceobtains an MCS of each uplink data packet sent by the UE, and comparesan obtained MCS with a threshold, for example, a first threshold.

Step 202: If there are a first predetermined number of uplink datapackets sent by the UE whose MCS index are smaller than the firstthreshold , and it is determined that an IBLER of the uplink data packetsent by the UE is larger than the second threshold, determine thatuplink power of the UE is restricted, where the first predeterminednumber of uplink data packets whose MCS index are smaller than the firstthreshold are consecutive.

If the base station device detects that there are consecutive N1 uplinkdata packets sent by the UE whose MCS index are smaller than the presetfirst threshold, the base station device may determine an IBLER of anuplink data packet sent by the UE. For example, the base station devicemay enable statistics about the IBLER of the uplink data packet sent bythe UE, that is, start to collect statistics about the IBLER of theuplink data packet sent by the UE. N1 is the first predetermined number,and N1 is configurable. The first threshold, for example, may be 1-28and may be set to a specific value as required.

It should be noted that, when the base station device is collectingstatistics about the number of consecutive uplink data packets that aresent by the UE and whose MCS index are smaller than the first threshold,an interval between two consecutive uplink data packets may not berestricted, or an interval between two consecutive uplink data packetsmay be restricted. A situation where the interval is restricted, forexample, may be as follows: If an interval between two consecutiveuplink data packets is larger than a preset threshold, for example, afifth threshold, the statistics this time is stopped and a nextstatistics is started. In other words, in this step, when an intervalbetween two consecutive uplink data packets among the uplink datapackets sent by the user equipment is smaller than or equal to a presetthreshold, it may be considered that the statistics is valid.

If the base station device does not detect that there are consecutive N1uplink data packets sent by the UE whose MCS index are smaller than thepreset first threshold, it indicates that an uplink is stable, andsubsequent IBLER statistics may not be collected. At this time, the basestation device may continue to detect an MCS of an uplink data packetsent by the UE.

Specifically, the base station device may detect the IBLER of the uplinkdata packet sent by the UE in the following manners:

A first manner: An IBLER of an uplink data packet sent by the UE andreceived in a first time period is detected, where the first time periodis, for example, a preset time period T1.

For example, it may be as follows: An IBLER statistics period is set tothe first time period T1. The base station device, according to formula1, collects statistics about an IBLER of all uplink data packets thatare sent by the UE and received in the period T1, where

$\begin{matrix}{{IBler} = \frac{CntCorrect}{{CntCorrect} + {CntIncorrect}}} & {{Formula}\mspace{14mu} 1}\end{matrix}$

where CntCorrect indicates the number of blocks demodulated correctly bythe base station device in a statistics period, and CntIncorrectindicates the number of blocks demodulated incorrectly by the basestation device in the statistics period.

A second manner: An IBLER of a second predetermined number of uplinkdata packets sent by the UE is detected, where the second predeterminednumber of uplink data packets are consecutive, and the secondpredetermined number is a preset statistics number.

For example, it may be as follows: The IBLER statistics number is set toN2. When detection of the IBLER of the uplink data packet sent by the UEis enabled, the base station device starts collecting statistics aboutthe number of blocks demodulated correctly and the number of blocksdemodulated incorrectly. When the statistics about the total number ofblocks is N2, statistics about an IBLER of these uplink data packets maybe collected according to the formula 1. In the formula, CntCorrectindicates the number of blocks demodulated correctly by the base stationdevice among a predetermined statistics number (N2), and CntIncorrectindicates the number of blocks demodulated incorrectly by the basestation device among the predetermined statistics number.

A third manner: If in a second time period, the number of receiveduplink data packets sent by the UE is larger than or equal to a thirdthreshold, an initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent bythe UE and received in the second time period is detected.

The manner, for example, may be as follows: collecting statistics aboutthe IBLER of the uplink data packet sent by the UE and received in thesecond time period, and collecting statistics about the number of uplinkdata packets that are sent by the UE and received in the second timeperiod; if in the second time period, the number of received uplink datapackets sent by the UE is larger than or equal to the third threshold,it is considered that the statistical IBLER is valid, and thestatistical IBLER is compared with the second threshold; if in thesecond time period, the number of received uplink data packets sent bythe UE is smaller than the third threshold, it is considered that thestatistical IBLER is invalid, the statistical IBLER is not compared withthe second threshold, and statistics about an IBLER in a next timeperiod may be collected. This process repeats until the number of uplinkdata packets that are sent by the UE and received in a time period islarger than or equal to the third threshold. Then, the statistical IBLERis compared with the second threshold. The second time period is apreset time period, and may be equal to the first time period or may notbe equal to the first time period.

It should be noted that, in this manner, when the number of uplink datapackets that are sent by the UE and received in a period T2 issufficient enough, a statistical IBLER collected in the period T2 isused as the detected IBLER, thereby improving accuracy of the IBLERdetection in the period T2, which makes a result of determining whetheruplink power is restricted based on the IBLER more accurate.

After detecting the IBLER, the base station device may compare thedetected IBLER with the preset second threshold. If the IBLER is largerthan the second threshold, it indicates that the uplink is not stableenough, and the base station device may determine that the uplink powerof the UE is restricted. If the IBLER is smaller than or equal to thesecond threshold, it indicates that the uplink is stable. At this time,IBLER statistics of a next period may be started. The second threshold,for example, may be 0-1 and may be set to a specific value as required.

Furthermore, after the base station device detects that the uplink powerof the UE is restricted, the base station device may trigger the UE toperform a handover, thereby reducing the call drop rate of the UE.

Step 203: If it is determined that the uplink power of the UE isrestricted, trigger the UE to perform a cell handover.

For example, after determining that the uplink power of the UE isrestricted, the base station device may trigger the UE to performintermittent neighboring cell (GAP) measurement to measure the signalquality of an inter-frequency or inter-system neighboring cell. If thesignal quality meets a requirement (for example, meeting an event thattriggers a handover), the UE is triggered to perform the cell handover.The GAP measurement may be inter-frequency GAP measurement or may alsobe inter-system GAP measurement. When this embodiment is applied to aninter-frequency network, the GAP measurement is inter-frequency GAPmeasurement. When the embodiment is applied to inter-system, the GAPmeasurement is inter-system GAP measurement.

When a measurement report reported by the UE meets a requirement, thebase station device may decide to initiate a handover.

The method may further include the following steps:

Step 202B: When the base station device is detecting the IBLER of theuplink data packet sent by the UE, the base station device continues todetect the MCS of the uplink data packet sent by the UE.

Step 202C: If the base station device detects that there are a thirdpredetermined number of uplink data packets sent by the UE whose MCSindex are larger than a fourth threshold, the base station device maystop detecting the IBLER of the uplink data packet sent by the UE, thatis, stop the action of obtaining the IBLER of the uplink data packetsent by the UE in step 202. The third predetermined number of uplinkdata packets whose modulation and coding scheme index are larger thanthe fourth threshold are consecutive. The third predetermined number andthe first predetermined number are two independent parameters, which maybe set separately as required.

The fourth threshold may be set specifically as required, and the fourththreshold is larger than or equal to the first threshold.

After the step 202B and the step 202C are added, when the base stationdevice detects that there are the third predetermined number ofconsecutive uplink data packets sent by a UE whose MCS index are largerthan the third threshold, it indicates that the uplink of the UE isstable currently, and the cell handover may not be performed. Therefore,statistics about the IBLER of the uplink data packet may not becollected either. However, the step 202B and the step 202C are optionaland are not shown in the figure.

It should be noted that, in another embodiment manner, the step 202 inthis embodiment may be replaced by the following step 202′, where thestep 202′ is as follows:

If in the preset time, there are the first predetermined number ofuplink data packets sent by the UE whose MCS index are smaller than thefirst threshold, and it is determined that the IBLER of the uplink datapacket sent by the UE is larger than the second threshold, determinethat the uplink power of the UE is restricted.

Specifically, the step 202′ may be as follows: For an uplink data packetsent by a UE, in a preset time segment, if there are a certain number ofuplink data packets whose MCS index are smaller than the firstthreshold, and it is determined that the IBLER of the uplink data packetsent by the UE is larger than the second threshold, it is determinedthat the uplink power of the UE is restricted, where the uplink datapackets whose MCS index are smaller than the first threshold may beinconsecutive. For example, a timer is enabled from the moment when thedetection starts. Before the timer does not time out, if there are apredetermined number of uplink data packets whose MCS index are smallerthan the first threshold, the base station device may determine theIBLER of the uplink data packet sent by the UE, so as to determinewhether the uplink power of the UE is restricted. For the process wherethe base station device determines the IBLER of the uplink data packet,reference is made to the description in the step 202.

The embodiment may use an MCS and an IBLER as criteria for determiningwhether uplink power is restricted. That is to say, when there are acertain number of uplink data packets whose MCS index are smaller than afirst threshold, and an IBLER in a subsequent preset length of time islarger than a second threshold, a base station device determines thatthe uplink power of a UE is restricted and may perform a cell handoverfor the UE. The first threshold and the second threshold may be setbased on an actual condition of a system.

The embodiment of the present invention, by detecting an MCS and anIBLER, can accurately characterize an uplink signal restrictionsituation of a UE and can initiate a handover in time when finding thatthe uplink of the UE is restricted, thereby reducing the call drop rateof the UE.

Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand that, all or a partof the steps in the method embodiments may be implemented by a computerprogram instructing relevant hardware. The program may be stored in acomputer readable storage medium. When the program is run, the steps inthe method embodiments are performed. The storage medium includes anymedium that can store program codes, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magneticdisk, or an optical disk.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for detecting uplink poweraccording to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3,the apparatus includes a detecting unit 31 and a determining unit 33.

The detecting unit 31 is configured to detect a modulation and codingscheme and an initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent bya user equipment.

The determining unit 33 is configured to determine, according to arelationship between an index of the detected modulation and codingscheme of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment and a firstthreshold, and a relationship between the detected initial block errorrate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment and a secondthreshold, whether uplink power of the user equipment is restricted.

For a detailed working process and working principle of each unit inthis embodiment, reference is made to the description in the foregoingmethod embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the detecting unit detectsan MCS and an IBLER of an uplink data packet sent by a UE, and thedetermining unit can determine, according to the detected MCS and IBLER,whether uplink power of the UE is restricted, thereby characterizing anuplink signal restriction situation of the UE more accurately.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for detecting uplink poweraccording to another embodiment of the present invention. On the basisof the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 4:

The determining unit 33 may be specifically configured to: if there area first predetermined number of uplink data packets sent by the userequipment whose a modulation and coding scheme index are smaller thanthe first threshold, and it is determined that the initial block errorrate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment is larger thanthe second threshold, determine that the uplink power of the userequipment is restricted, where the first predetermined number of uplinkdata packets whose modulation and coding scheme index are smaller thanthe first threshold are consecutive. Furthermore, an interval betweentwo consecutive uplink data packets among the uplink data packets sentby the user equipment may be smaller than or equal to a preset fifththreshold, that is, when collecting statistics about the number ofconsecutive uplink data packets whose modulation and coding scheme indexare smaller than the first threshold, if an interval between twoconsecutive data packets is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold,it may be considered that the statistics is valid.

Alternatively, the determining unit 33 may be specifically configuredto: if in a preset time, there are the first predetermined number ofuplink data packets sent by the user equipment whose modulation andcoding scheme index are smaller than the first threshold, and it isdetermined that the initial block error rate of the uplink data packetsent by the user equipment is larger than the second threshold,determine that the uplink power of the user equipment is restricted.

The detecting unit 31 may include a block error rate detecting unit 311configured to detect an initial block error rate. The block error ratedetecting unit 311 includes a first detecting subunit 3111, a seconddetecting subunit 3113 or a third detecting subunit 3115.

The first detecting subunit 3111 is configured to detect an initialblock error rate of an uplink data packet sent by the user equipment andreceived in a first time period. The second detecting subunit 3113 isconfigured to detect an initial block error rate of a secondpredetermined number of uplink data packets sent by the user equipment,where the second predetermined number of uplink data packets areconsecutive. The third detecting subunit 3115 is configured to: if in asecond time period, the number of received uplink data packets sent bythe user equipment is larger than or equal to a third threshold, detectan initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent by the userequipment and received in the second time period.

Furthermore, the detecting unit 31 may further include a coding schemedetecting unit 313 configured to detect a modulation and coding scheme.

The coding scheme detecting unit 313 is further configured to: when theblock error rate detecting unit 311 is detecting the initial block errorrate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment, detect themodulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent by the userequipment.

The block error rate detecting unit 311 is further configured to: if thecoding scheme detecting unit 313 detects that there are a thirdpredetermined number of uplink data packets sent by the user equipmentwhose modulation and coding scheme index are larger than a fourththreshold, stop detecting the initial block error rate of the uplinkdata packet sent by the user equipment.

Furthermore, the apparatus for detecting uplink power may furtherinclude a triggering unit 35.

The triggering unit 35 is configured to: if the determining unit 33determines that the uplink power of the user equipment is restricted,trigger the user equipment to perform a cell handover.

Specifically, the triggering unit 35 may be configured to: if thedetermining unit 33 determines that the uplink power of the userequipment is restricted, trigger intermittent neighboring cellmeasurement, so as to perform the cell handover, where the intermittentneighboring cell measurement is inter-frequency intermittent neighboringcell measurement or inter-system intermittent neighboring cellmeasurement.

For a detailed working process and working principle of each unit inthis embodiment, reference is made to the description in the foregoingmethod embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a detecting unit detects anMCS and an IBLER of an uplink data packet sent by a UE, and adetermining unit can determine, according to the detected MCS and IBLER,whether uplink power is restricted, thereby characterizing an uplinksignal restriction situation of the UE more accurately. In addition, atriggering unit can initiate a handover in time when finding that theuplink of the UE is restricted, reducing the call drop rate of the UE.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a base stationdevice. The base station device includes any one of the apparatuses fordetecting uplink power that are provided by the embodiment shown in FIG.3 or FIG. 4.

For a detailed working process and working principle of each unit inthis embodiment, reference is made to the description in the foregoingmethod embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a base station devicedetects an MCS and an

IBLER of an uplink data packet sent by a UE, and can determine,according to the detected MCS and IBLER, whether uplink power of the UEis restricted, thereby characterizing an uplink signal restrictionsituation of the UE more accurately. In addition, the base stationdevice can initiate a handover in time when finding that the uplink ofthe UE is restricted, reducing the call drop rate of the UE.

It should be noted that, the method, apparatus, and base station devicein the embodiments of the present invention may be applied tointer-system or an inter-frequency network of an LTE system, forexample, a UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, universalmobile telecommunications system, which is a 3G mobile communicationtechnology standard) or a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications,global system for mobile communications, which is a 2G mobilecommunication technology standard), another system called LTE (Long TermEvolution, long term evolution project), and a UE can be handed overfrom the LTE to the UMTS or GSM. However, an inter-frequency network mayrefer to that a system includes different frequency bands, and may bedivided into a plurality of cells according to a frequency band, and aUE may be handed over from one cell to another cell. The method,apparatus, and base station device in the embodiments of the presentinvention may also be applied to a communication network in anotherscenario, for example, any scenario where uplink power of a userequipment needs to be determined The embodiments of the presentinvention do not restrict it.

Finally, it should be noted that, the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing the technical solutions of the present inventionrather than limiting the present invention. Although the presentinvention is described in detail with reference to the foregoingembodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand thatthey may still make modifications to the technical solutions describedin the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to sometechnical features thereof, as long as these modifications orreplacements do not make the essence of corresponding technicalsolutions depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions ofthe embodiments of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for detecting uplink power, comprising:detecting a modulation and coding scheme and an initial block error rateof an uplink data packet sent by a user equipment; and determining,according to a relationship between an index of the detected modulationand coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipmentand a first threshold, and a relationship between the detected initialblock error rate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipmentand a second threshold, whether uplink power of the user equipment isrestricted.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining,according to a relationship between an index of the detected modulationand coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipmentand a first threshold, and a relationship between the detected initialblock error rate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipmentand a second threshold, whether uplink power of the user equipment isrestricted comprises: if there are a first predetermined number ofuplink data packets sent by the user equipment whose modulation andcoding scheme index are smaller than the first threshold, and it isdetermined that the initial block error rate of the uplink data packetsent by the user equipment is larger than the second threshold,determining that the uplink power of the user equipment is restricted;wherein, the first predetermined number of uplink data packets whosemodulation and coding scheme index are smaller than the first thresholdare consecutive.
 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein an intervalbetween two consecutive uplink data packets among the uplink datapackets sent by the user equipment is smaller than or equal to a presetfifth threshold.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein thedetermining, according to a relationship between an index of thedetected modulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent bythe user equipment and a first threshold, and a relationship between thedetected initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by theuser equipment and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the userequipment is restricted comprises: if in a preset time, there are afirst predetermined number of uplink data packets sent by the userequipment whose modulation and coding scheme index are smaller than thefirst threshold, and it is determined that the initial block error rateof the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment is larger than thesecond threshold, determining that the uplink power of the userequipment is restricted.
 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein thedetecting an initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent by auser equipment comprises: detecting an initial block error rate of anuplink data packet sent by the user equipment and received in a firsttime period; or detecting an initial block error rate of a secondpredetermined number of uplink data packets sent by the user equipment,wherein the second predetermined number of uplink data packets areconsecutive; or if in a second time period, the number of receiveduplink data packets sent by the user equipment is larger than or equalto a third threshold, detecting an initial block error rate of an uplinkdata packet sent by the user equipment and received in the second timeperiod.
 6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: if it isdetermined that the uplink power of the user equipment is restricted,triggering the user equipment to perform a cell handover.
 7. The methodaccording to claim 6, wherein the triggering the user equipment toperform a cell handover comprises: triggering the user equipment toperform intermittent neighboring cell measurement, so as to perform thecell handover, wherein the intermittent neighboring cell measurement isinter-frequency intermittent neighboring cell measurement orinter-system intermittent neighboring cell measurement.
 8. An apparatusfor detecting uplink power, comprising: a detector, configured to detecta modulation and coding scheme and an initial block error rate of anuplink data packet sent by a user equipment; and a processor, configuredto determine, according to a relationship between an index of thedetected modulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent bythe user equipment and a first threshold, and a relationship between thedetected initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by theuser equipment and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the userequipment is restricted.
 9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein:if there are a first predetermined number of uplink data packets sent bythe user equipment whose modulation and coding scheme index are smallerthan the first threshold, and it is determined that the initial blockerror rate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment islarger than the second threshold, the processor determines that theuplink power of the user equipment is restricted; wherein, the firstpredetermined number of uplink data packets whose modulation and codingscheme index are smaller than the first threshold are consecutive. 10.The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein an interval between twoconsecutive uplink data packets among the uplink data packets sent bythe user equipment is smaller than or equal to a preset fifth threshold.11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein: if in a preset time,there are a first predetermined number of uplink data packets sent bythe user equipment whose modulation and coding scheme index are smallerthan the first threshold, and it is determined that the initial blockerror rate of the uplink data packet sent by the user equipment islarger than the second threshold, the processor determines that theuplink power of the user equipment is restricted.
 12. The apparatusaccording to claim 8, wherein the detector is further configured to:detect an initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent by theuser equipment and received in a first time period; or detect an initialblock error rate of a second predetermined number of uplink data packetssent by the user equipment, wherein the second predetermined number ofuplink data packets are consecutive; or if in a second time period, thenumber of received uplink data packets sent by the user equipment islarger than or equal to a third threshold, detect an initial block errorrate of an uplink data packet sent by the user equipment and received inthe second time period.
 13. The apparatus according to claim 8, furthercomprising: a trigger, configured to, if the determining unit determinesthat the uplink power of the user equipment is restricted, trigger theuser equipment to perform a cell handover.
 14. The apparatus accordingto claim 13, wherein if the processor determines that the uplink powerof the user equipment is restricted, the trigger triggers the userequipment to perform intermittent neighboring cell measurement, so as toperform the cell handover, wherein the intermittent neighboring cellmeasurement is inter-frequency intermittent neighboring cell measurementor inter-system intermittent neighboring cell measurement.
 15. A basestation device, comprising an apparatus for detecting uplink powerincluding: a detecting unit, configured to detect a modulation andcoding scheme and an initial block error rate of an uplink data packetsent by a user equipment; and a determining unit, configured todetermine, according to a relationship between an index of the detectedmodulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent by the userequipment and a first threshold, and a relationship between the detectedinitial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by the userequipment and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the userequipment is restricted.
 16. The base station device according to claim15, wherein: if there are a first predetermined number of uplink datapackets sent by the user equipment whose modulation and coding schemeindex are smaller than the first threshold, and it is determined thatthe initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent by the userequipment is larger than the second threshold, the determining unitdetermines that the uplink power of the user equipment is restricted;wherein, the first predetermined number of uplink data packets whosemodulation and coding scheme index are smaller than the first thresholdare consecutive.
 17. The base station device according to claim 15,wherein: if in a preset time, there are a first predetermined number ofuplink data packets sent by the user equipment whose modulation andcoding scheme index are smaller than the first threshold, and it isdetermined that the initial block error rate of the uplink data packetsent by the user equipment is larger than the second threshold, thedetermining unit determines that the uplink power of the user equipmentis restricted.
 18. The base station device according to claim 15,wherein the detecting unit comprises a block error rate detecting unitconfigured to detect an initial block error rate, wherein the blockerror rate detecting unit comprises: a first detecting subunit,configured to detect an initial block error rate of an uplink datapacket sent by the user equipment and received in a first time period;or a second detecting subunit, configured to detect an initial blockerror rate of a second predetermined number of uplink data packets sentby the user equipment, wherein the second predetermined number of uplinkdata packets are consecutive; or a third detecting subunit, configuredto, if in a second time period, the number of received uplink datapackets sent by the user equipment is larger than or equal to a thirdthreshold, detect an initial block error rate of an uplink data packetsent by the user equipment and received in the second time period. 19.The base station device according to claim 15, further comprising: atriggering unit, configured to: if the determining unit determines thatthe uplink power of the user equipment is restricted, trigger the userequipment to perform a cell handover.
 20. The apparatus according toclaim 19, wherein if the determining unit determines that the uplinkpower of the user equipment is restricted, the triggering unit triggersthe user equipment to perform intermittent neighboring cell measurement,so as to perform the cell handover, wherein the intermittent neighboringcell measurement is inter-frequency intermittent neighboring cellmeasurement or inter-system intermittent neighboring cell measurement.